

OCTOJIBK 26, 1»06. 



The Wakly Rorists' Review, 



J275 



MUMS! MUMS! 



For the last five or six years we have not only had the 

 earliest and best Mums, but the largest selection to be found 

 in this market. We have more Mums this season than 

 ever. Let us have your order. 



CARNATIONS 



Large cut of fine flowers; good stems. We can supply 

 your wants. Finest Enchantress in the market. 



^'Green Goods'' every day in the year. 



IBIOAV BBAVTT. 



36 to40-lnch stem per doz., t4.00 



24 to 30 Inch stem " 3.00 



20-lnch stem " 2.00 



I5-lnch stem " 1.56 



12-lnch stem " 1.00 



Short stem per 100, 14.00 to 6.00 



Brides, Bridesmaids " 3.00 to 6.00 



Kaiserln " 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " 2.00 to 6.00 



GoldenGate " 2.00to6.00 



Liberty " 3.00to 8 00 



Ivory " 2.00to 4.00 



Carnations " 2.00to3.00 



" large and fancy " 4.00 



Chrysanthemums, fancy. i)erdoz., 3.00 to 4 00 



medium. " 1.25 to 2.00 



" " small per 100 6.00 to 8.00 



Violets, single peril*, .75 to 1.00 



fancy N. Y. double '■ 1.00 to 1.50 



Valley " 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doz„ 2.00 



Callas " 1.50 



Asparagus per string, .25 to .50 



Asparagus Sprengeri per lUO, 2.00 to 4.00 



Galax, green per 1000, 11.00; t^r 100, 15 



Adlantum " 1.00 



Ivy Leaves " .60 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smllax per doz., 11.50.... " 1000 



Fancy Ferns.... per 1000, 150.... '• .20 



Subject to change without notice. 



Fancy Valley Always on Hand 



Send for weekly price list^ gladly mailed free upon request. 



E. C. AMLING 



o,«uu6P.M 32-34-36 Randolph St. -x^^S;^^ Chicago, III. 



The Largrest, Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Liocated 

 Wholeaale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chieagfo. 



Mention The Revlpw when yoa write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



Business continued to accelerate 

 through last week and by Saturday 

 things were going with an old-fashioned 

 swing. Weather cooler than normal 

 checked receipts and the increased de- 

 mand caused a stiffening of prices all 

 along the line, but especially pronounced 

 on carnations. Monday saw the open- 

 ing of the horse show and the market 

 conditions were well summarized by E. 

 E. Pieser 's terse remark : * ' Christmas 

 in the flower business today." Tues- 

 day also saw supplies under the demand 

 and orders had to be cut. 



Each year the horse show is of in- 

 creasing social importance. Everybody 

 who is anybody gets back to Chicago for 

 the horse show and the Vanderbilts and 

 other eastern money-spenders come to 

 town for this event. The opening night 

 called for more flowers than any simi- 

 lar event has ever done before. Violets, 

 valley, Beauties, orchids and gardenias, 

 were the principal flowers used and sup- 

 plies were not to be had on Monday 

 afternoon. The evening saw many din- 

 ners and each evening during the week 

 will be enlivened l\v socinl activity. At 

 the end of the week the All Saints' day 

 shipments to New Orleans go out and the 

 inquiry for stock is strong, so strong 

 that the wholesalers are afraid to quote 

 on large lots in the face of the present 

 shortage. 



Beauties are quickly taken up. The 

 supply of small roses is not heavy and 

 the demand is nearly always for the best 

 grade of goods, with the result that the 

 fancy stock is selling over the counter at 



prices above quotations. Bed roses seem 

 to be as abundant as anything in the 

 market. Carnations have shortened up 

 more than any other item. The quality 

 of the stock is excellent with nearly all 

 the houses. 



Chrysanthemums have come in heavily 

 this week but there were not, on Mon- 

 day or Tuesday, enough of them to fill 

 all orders, particularly for yellow and 

 pink of the better grades. A good de- 

 mand is looked for throughout the week. 



It is said that on Monday more vio- 

 lets were handled in this market than 

 were disposed of the day before Christ- 

 mas. The New York stock had the pref- 

 erence and prices advanced materially. 

 Singles sold only after Marie Louise 

 was out of the market. It looks like a 

 good week for the violet growers. Valley 

 is also short this week. 



Orchids were never so abundant as at 

 the present time. All wholesale houses 

 are showing nice cattleyas. Gardenias 

 were in demand for the opening of the 

 horse show. Moderate supplies were re- 

 ceived from Philadelphia. 



The many decorations have called for 

 considerable quantities of greens but 

 these are always available in this mar- 

 ket. 



The Price of Mums. 



Some of the wholesalers and more of 

 the growers are dissatisfied with the 

 prices made by early chrysanthemums, 

 characterizing the returns as below those 

 of last year. If they will stop a moment 

 to recall that last year's early varieties 

 were of much better quality than this 

 season, due to weather conditions, they 

 will see a reason why the early blooms 

 may have brought a little better aver- 



age last year; the best stock certainly 

 brought no higher prices than this year. 

 Last year the second earlies came in a 

 perfect deluge and brought very low 

 prices. Thus far this season mums 

 have moved well; the expected glut has 

 not yet developed and there is every 

 reason to be pleased with the prices now 

 being realized. The shipping demand for 

 mums has been especially good. 



Various Notes. 



At a meeting of chairmen of all 

 tlie committees at the office of the Ben- 

 they-Coatsworth Co., October 25, flower 

 show matters were canvassed. Every- 

 thing is progressing satisfactorily. A 

 big show is assured and liberal provi- 

 sions are made for advertising. The 

 judges selected were J. T. Temple, Dav- 

 enport, la.; J. F. Cowell, Buffalo, N. 

 Y., and Alois Frey, Lincoln park. 



One of P. J. Hauswirth's annual or- 

 ders is for the decoration of the Audi- 

 torium Annex dining-room and oflSce for 

 the opening night of the horse show, 

 when the patronage at the hotel exceeds 

 the capacity of the dining-room and ta- 

 bles are set in the office. This year he 

 used large quantities of handsomely col- 

 ored oak foliage and large yellow chrj-- 

 santhemums. 



Albert Amling, at Maywood, has dis- 

 continued growing roses for winter cut- 

 ting. He will grow summer roses and 

 green goods exclusively. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has a new 

 specialty, boxwood, from West Virginia. 

 It is exceptionally good quality and is 

 selling well. The price is by the pound. 

 They are also handling oak leaves in 

 quantity. 



